Wichita eagle., 1887-12-21
TRAFFIC STOPPED.
The Snow Works the Railroads.&c. Holiday In
Town-Talk Of Western Suffering.

The blizzard seems to be getting in its
work as effectually on the
railroads as anywhere else.
Traffic some lines has been stopped since
Monday night, and those running are be
hind time
Monday night near Andover a Frisco
freight was wrecked in a drift and force
of hands worked all day yesterday in clear
ing it away, and not until last night could
trains pass. As result the passenger ar
irving in the morning laid out at Andover
and the passenger going east from Halstead
was stopped at this city. Both trains had
dining cars and passengers given the
best of board and cigars free. While 1t
may have been just little monotonous
everything was comfortable and made as
pleasant as possible Trains on that line
will be running today on regular time.
The Missouri Pacific passenger left the
city at the usual time Yesterday morning
and until late last evening had not reached
Eldorado as result of snow drifts in cuts:
Travel was also blocked on the Geneseo
branch 1t is thought that by today trains
will be able to make their usual time.
On the Santa Fe all trains were delayed
The train from Kansas City arriving in the
morning was forty minutes late; the west
bound morning train, one hour
late: Texas south last evening,
forty minutes late; Texas north
due at 1890, forty-five minutes late. Train
due o'clock D. m. did not arrive until
40 The Kiowa express, due at 7:4O, did
not arrive until 80 last night.
The Wichita & Western was blockaded.
The train due at S:45 a. m. was laid out at
Cheny. The evening train also failed to
get in The train leaving at $50 for the
west left at noon and reached Cheny.
The Rock Island trains shared fate
similar to the Santa Fe-all'a little behind
time
Yesterday morning the sun seemed to
get good chance for warming up the ele-
ments, but he seemed to meet with
little success. At z a. m. the
mercury showed twelve degrees
above zero. At noon twenty-one degrees;
at p. m. degrees and midnight down to
3 degrees The cold north-easterly wind
was brisk enough to nip the exposed parts
very readily.
OF course there was no reSuming OF
work yesterday on buildings. 1t was a
self appointed holiday. The snow was in
viting enough for a number TO call out
their seldom used furniture known as
sleighs The average kid seemed more in
his element, however, than any one else.
Sheriff Hays stated that he had
been informed of q sad state of at
fairs existing in Clark county, and
some other adjoining counties. He had
received private information to that effect
and if such proved to be the case he favor
ed getting up a relief fund for those in
want and send it to them. He had learn
/ ed that people were needing food as well
/ as coal.
| A gentleman who arrived Monday from
/ Ashland, Clark county, stated yesterday
! that he had been in Clark, Comanche
and Mead counties, and while there a
number of people came in off claims to the
railroad station in hunt of food. Many
| had no money to buy and there was little
/ enough provisions in the towns.
/ The coal famine was another
/ bad feature, especially since railroad com
munication has been stopped by the SHOW
! If it continued long it was no doubt in the
/ gentleman's mind that there would be
/ great suffering. The stock in that country
was suffering even more than the people.
One of the leading railroad men in the
| city who is engaged in the freight depart
ment stated yesterday that the suffering
| for coal in the west should not be attribut-
| ed to the railroad companies. The wonder
| full growth of the railroads in the last year
! adding so much mileage 10 the lines
called for more rolling stock
which under the great press of business
| in eastern car factories could not
! be built to supply demand. There is
| in his opinion. a great need of more en-
| gines and freight cars, and the companies
would pay an exorbitant price for them il
/ they could be bought He thought that ii
would be all the companies cosld do tc
supply that country with coal and necessa
ries of life without any stopping OF traffic
/ by SHOWS and billiards. He thought all
! donations or aid for the people would bt
shipped by all companies to the front
without any charge